Back in 2010 a PA family initiated a lawsuit against Range Resources & others, claiming that the drilling operations damaged their health. The case was settled out of court and the industry defendants asked that the settlement documents be sealed. That meant that health officials, regulators, media and other people living in the area could not have access to important information.

Kudos for Chip Northrup for posting the news & for sending around an early notice….
~Sue

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Peacegranny <misscarol_47> wrote:

Hallelujah! I attended the frigid cold, snowy rally outside the Geneseo courthouse Feb. 4th, the day this case was heard in court. I have been waiting to find out what the decision is. But no newspaper or TV station has reported this yet that I know of. The Rochester paper should have run this story. Kudos to Sue Heavenrich for being a great journalist! Check out her links. They are very informative.

The National Research Council of The National Academies (National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine) is conducting a project to look into the risks associated with extracting natural gas from shale deposits using technologies of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (commonly called fracking). The project is supported by the National Science Foundation.

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